Level 24 Hacker

“Mafiaboy”

Er, so I came back to the game after awhile, and decided to shell out cash for Episode 3.

While paying, I noticed… 5% tax for British Columbia.

It’s not much, but why on earth is this?

– Canada has no taxes on digital items.

– The whole microtransaction thing is based upon the idea of donation, which by definition is not taxed.

– Your Buy BP page even says that our purchase is a donation.

I mean, it’s true that you could argue that we are purchasing the service of maintaining this game from CZ rather than buying digital items and therefore Canadians need to be charged GST, but why oh why choose to give our money to the government =/

Level 69 Troll

I AM A BOVINE bum BAR

Level 35 Camwhore

Forumwarz' Pretend Homosexual

to sign up for world of warcraft tournament realms, blizzard charged like fifteen dollars or something but because of this law in quebec that required all pay-to-enter contests to give the province 5% of the prize, they made it so that canadian residents could write an essay as their entrance fee lol

Level 69 Troll

Canada forever!

Sure must suck now that you’ve been raped for that additional 75 cents. Gonna have to tighten your belt, take the bus to work, skip some meals, maybe just start beating your clothes on the wall since laundry soap is so expensive. I feel for you, man, I really do.

Level 48 Camwhore

Celerysteve is better than me in everyway imaginable

Ya I mean really, **** the government right? Everything they do is so unnecessary and I will be damned if they manage to wrench a gumballs worth of change away from me. Money is the devil anyway and I think everything should be free and why can’t we all just live in like a commune or something you know man? Like sharing and just everyone getting what they need. I foresee no possible problems with this state of society.

Level 24 Hacker

“Mafiaboy”

So checked the transaction screen and it told me my total was 4.99 USD, no tax.

Idk you on crack dude.

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You did log in to your account… right? Either that or you’re in a different BC than I am, posting through an alternate reality wormhole.

Adapt Posted:

Ya I mean really, **** the government right? Everything they do is so unnecessary and I will be damned if they manage to wrench a gumballs worth of change away from me.

My income tax was 34% last year, and I don’t even make that much right now. Add that to 12% sales tax.. If you actually had a job that paid more than McD’s does, you’d probably notice what’s going on where you’re paying taxes too.

Level 55 Camwhore

Somehow managed to lower the intelligence level of IDC

mterek Posted:

I thought only Americans got upset over taxes.

I live in the U.S. I don’t consider myself “American” as I’m not from here originally, but I’m in favor of taxes if not what the money is used for. I don’t even know many people here that are outright upset about the presence of taxes. Dunno where you got your stereotype from, but it’s clearly inaccurate.